the Bala House
This page contains news about what is taking place in Tamar and Lisa’s class. To view an entire blog entry, please click on its title. If you have any questions, contact Tamar at tstavans@balahouse.org
By Tamar Stavans
May is here and it’s hard to believe that the year is almost over! We have so many exciting things to do in the remaining month, and we hope we have enough time to do all of them. In science we will continue to learn about different animals. We are expecting to receive butterfly larvae [...]
By Tamar Stavans
Wow, everything is in full bloom and it’s only April! Well, this is a great time of year to bring the outside indoors and learn about it. In science, we will learn about plants, such as trees and flowers, and their parts. We will also learn about the different stages of a butterfly’s development by [...]
By Tamar Stavans
March is finally here and we have several activities planned that celebrate the transition between winter and spring. For the winter time, we will continue to measure the temperature on a daily basis and record it on our chart so that students can see its fluctuation. For the spring time, we will focus on the [...]
By Tamar Stavans
This month we will celebrate Valentine’s Day. Since it falls on a Tuesday, which happens to be our busiest day of the week, we will celebrate it on Monday, February 13th instead. We will send out a flyer with more details about our celebration and what we will ask you to bring in shortly. Valentine’s [...]
By Tamar Stavans
Hello Everybody! Happy New Year! We hope 2012 will bring to you and all of your family happiness and health. Throughout January, we will learn about winter and the characteristics associated with it such as weather, changes in lifestyle, clothing, wildlife adaptation, etc. We will read numerous stories and recite nursery rhymes pertaining to the [...]